Hey Folks, just wanted to share a little behind the scenes footage of the
Realtree foods commercial we shot. Some of ya'll may have already seen it airing on ESPN 2.

You can't have a food commercial with out a token big guy. It was a lot of
fun and the bacon and the burgers were awesome. I did not mind doing
several takes. LOL!!!

Travis

Received this email and pics from loyal blog reader Scott W. Wanted to share it with the crew. Congrats Scott.-Travis


Hey T-bone I just got back from an Illinois hunt with my dad. The weather was terrible mid 70's the first 4 days finaly on the last day we had a cold front move in and that got the deer moving a little better. We hunted hard all day without seeing to much of anything finally on the last day at 12:00 I saw movement out in front of me about 100 yards away. I raised my binoculars and seen two deer. The first was a smaller deer, but I could not see if it had a rack or not. The second one I could see was a buck and he looked like a shooter. I grunted and they disapeared into the thicket between us. a few minuts later the first deer which turned out to be a smaller buck popped out in front of me at about 20 yards and walked past me. I could only hope the bigger buck did the same. After a long minute or two I caught movement in front of me on the same trail. It was the bigger buck. I drew my bow and stopped him with a soft grunt. luckily he stopped broadside at 20 yards, in the last shooting lane I had. I rested the pin on his shoulder and let it fly. The arrow blew through both lungs and he piled up about 75 yards away. He turned out to be a nice little 120" 9pt, but I was pumped, especially after not seeing much for the first 4 days.

The other is a pic of me, my son, and my dad. With the buck he killed on oct 18th here in Michigan. I hunted the property next to where he shot the buck for 3 years. This summer while out scouting I kept seeing 2 nice bucks in this field so I contacted the farmer and was lucky enough to get permision for me and my dad to hunt there. The morning of the 18th my dad was hunting his stand, and I was in mine about 500 yards away. He saw this monster working a scrape just after first light about 150 yards away. A few grunts is all it took and this giant was on his way. He shot it at 25 yards, we decided to give him lots of time just incase. The last thing we wanted to do was jump this buck if he wasnt dead yet. We went out at about 8:00 that night and found him in a ditch about 300 yards away! We could not get over how wide he was. There were plenty of high fives to go around that night. It was the biggest deer he has ever shot. I green scored it at 162", his outside spread was 24 3/4" A great buck for anywhere but for here in MI its a once in a lifetime buck. Scott Withers-MI

Well, after going back to Iowa, I finally got my buck! And I got to see Tiffany! Not sure which is better, but to have both is a dream.

I hunted so hard and was so proud after I shot this 158-inch Iowa monster. It took me several years to draw Iowa, and I wasn't going to go down without a fight.

I look forward to hearing more about your hunts, so send them in.

Yours in archery,
Travis